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50 Hikes in the Adirondacks: Short Walks, Day Trips, and Backpacks Throughout the Park, Fourth Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Barbara Mcmartin
Publisher: Countryman Press
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 28797
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 264
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0881505404
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4753
EAN: 9780881505405
ASIN: 0881505404
Publication Date: May 2003
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Book Description
This classic guide to hiking in the Adirondacks has been extensively revised and updated and now includes 5 new hikes. Barbara McMartin has been hiking in the Adirondacks for decades; her family, for generations. She has distilled her vast experience into the 50 hikes offered here, representing a cross-section of the wilderness and wild forest: rugged peak climbs, gentle trips to distant waterfalls, bushwhacks to wild rivers. In all she describes 360 miles of trails to caves, uninhabited lakes, wetlands, cliffs, and fire towers across the Park's 6 million acres. The hikes range in length from 1.5 to 13.5 miles. Each hike description includes a topographic map, mile-by-mile directions, and information on distance, difficulty, terrain, and hiking time. An overview chart makes it easy to pick a hike for every ability. Throughout, McMartin provides commentary on the natural history of the region, along with colorful incidents from Adirondack history. 50 black and white photographs, 51 maps, index.
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Great Hiking Resource May 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having just moved here, I needed a book that would take me to out-of-the-way, non-touristy hikes. This one does it. The only drawback is that the directions to the trailheads are not as detailed as I would like.
 great book September 6, 2007
we only had 3 days to hike and we did 4 of the hike from this book - great choices, very clear and exact details. A MUST
 How to get there? October 29, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've used this book for about 10 hikes over the last few years. It has been a helpful resource in planning day hikes. I rated it so low for two reasons.
First, as one of the other Amazon raters pointed out already, the "How To Get There" section which directs readers to the trailheads is indeed very vague and has caused me much frustration. The author does provide a map of the actual trail itself -- very helpful -- but never a street map for how to arrive at the trailhead.
Two, if you're a right-brained person then the book's lengthy trail descriptions might work for you, but I am not and I instead want to see facts, maps, etc. instead of reading pages of the author's reactions as she walks the trail. No offense, but I find myself skimming through her history lessons thinking, "Get to the point! I just want to know where to turn!"
Maybe I should have at least given this book a 3, but trying to find a trailhead based on the book's description has been so aggrevating at times I'm being vengeful.
good guide June 27, 2003
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
This guide has easy trails and hard trails all in one for a pretty low price
One Of The Experts On Lesser Known Gems! August 10, 2002
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Barbara McMartin is one of those few resident Adirondackers that has supplied the world with great information, anecdotes and history about lesser known trails in the Adirondacks. Keeping to the less over-run trails, the reader is treated to beautiful trails to remote mountaintops, caves, fire-towers, unique wetlands and historic sites. This newer edition is only slightly different (three more hikes), but it includes great topo maps, directions, trail and destination descriptions and just a ton of interesting local folklore to keep you going. A great find.
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